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The GBPUSD really powered ahead today.. I was trading my 4-to-7 breakout strategy and got my 30 pips. It seems pathetic when the market powered on another 170 pips or so.. still, a profit is a profit!
The range was 14632 and 14597.
I didn't trade the 9-to-9 however. If the range is over 120 pips or so, the movement has already been too large for the day. Also, I can't scale my trade to be small enough so that the hefty pip stop loss is a mere 5% of my trading account.
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June 14, 2010
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Today I was a bit unlucky with the markets. I usually take the high and low of the market movement between 4am and 7am but I had set the high at the previous high at around 6am which I thought would be the high of the day.
Anyway, if you look at the chart you will see that my trade triggered at 7am for the long which then fell to hit the stop for -40. The short trade also went and it should have hit the target for 30 pips but including the spread and all that, I think I missed the exit by les
June 7, 2010
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I put on my usual breakout trade.. the entry was either going to be a short at 1.5438 or a long at 1.5465, both with a 30 pip limit and a stop loss at the other end of the channel. I am only trading one lot currently due to the fact that I cannot control the order once I have put it in on my iPhone. Most of the movement in the market happens during my commute into the office so it's pretty dangerous... until they can sort that on the iPhone trading, will I feel more comfortable trading it.
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April 27, 2010
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